What should my friend do if denied entry to Thailand due to visa issues at Bangkok airport?

It's weird that people are still trying to live here on visa exemption stamps.

Get the right visa.

@Muay ************

can help with the supporting documents so your friend can get a muay Thai DTV

Seems they’re really cracking down on the TV and the exempt arrivals.

In other news, there are a few rooms available for rent in Koh Phangan

Where was this person entering from, all they can really do is send them back to where they came from, can they force them to go back to America if they didn't arrive from America?

Still amazing me, why not get the right visa😏

Sad as it is, why do people try to fool Thailand immigration & make a fool of themselves. Ignorance doesn’t wash, get the right Visa.

Pay the bribe

Maybe Trump will take them back 🙄

So if I plan to go there just what should I have to show that explains just how much money I have available?

Too many people try to cheat the system and they are cracking down on it

Yeah that's what happens when you push the limits. Sooner or later the limit is found.

DTV with gym?

You can't do back to back to back to back exemptions Anymore.. fact

Well how many times/ days has he been staying and going ?

There's been so many posts on this and the advice is always you're gonna get nabbed soon, come back with a visa.

Fly to Kuala Lumpur and get a visa.

You could live in Thailand for years and years on just TVs and exempt. But not just exempts.

Google forward ticket.No, it's not too late.You can stay in the terminal and purchase an outgoing ticket and show it to them.

You can only apply for DTV outside of Thailand not inside

Suggestion: Fly to Cambodia... And apply for DTV or e-visa.

Do the right thing.. is what it is..

20k baht cash, booked accommodation, and flight out of Thailand. The 3 proofs always required and the most common reason for denial.

Is it 10,000 baht or 20,000 baht? To enter?

Wonder how many Americans this is happening to lately… nothing to do with the new import taxes- thank mr trump💨

DTV needs to be applied for and obtained before arrival.

For the price of a bus ticket to a neighbouring country... or a onwardticket.com flight ticket.. really it's not worth the risk

Wont allow to purchase ticket? I literally bought a ticket on the immigration queue when they told me to buy one with my phone coz I didn't have a ticket out.

Looks like he's already been living in Thailand on free entry stamps. You haven't divulged his history so it's difficult for anyone to advise any next steps, but it seems serious. I agree with

@Bra****

. Advise him to return to the US, wait a few months then apply for a DTV from there

that happens nowadays

My friend was denied entry yesterday as he had not enough funds to show but had millions in thailand hahah never happened in 10 years of travelling maybe things are changing there

If they're already at the airport, it's too late for an agent. That has to be arranged before they travel. Once it gets to the point where they're already denied, it's now going to be very expensive as immigration gets to decide where you're flying back to and that's where you'll have to immediately buy a ticket to.

There's been dozens, if not hundreds of posts on this topic over the last few months and that you can't stay in Thailand long term without a long term visa.

Immigration doesn't care if your friend wants a DTV. He doesn't have one now and cannot get one from inside of Thailand, so him saying that will not change anything. He can apply for a DTV once he gets back to the US or wherever they send him, but he should have planned ahead and taken care of it before it got to this point.

Serious???